cue 1
/kyooh/ , n. , v. , cued, cuing .
n.
1. anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action: An off-stage door slam was his cue to enter.
2. anything that excites to action; stimulus.
3. a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion.
4. the part a person is to play; a prescribed or necessary course of action.
5. a sensory signal used to identify experiences, facilitate memory, or organize responses.
6. Archaic. frame of mind; mood.
7. miss a cue ,
a. to fail to respond to a cue.
b. Informal. to miss the point: You could tell by his expression that he had missed a cue.
v.t.
8. to provide with a cue or indication; give a cue to; prompt: Will you cue me on my lines?
9. to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a musical or dramatic performance (usually fol. by in or into ): to cue in a lighting effect.
10. to search for and reach (a specific track on a recording) (sometimes fol. by up ).
11. cue (someone) in , Informal. to inform; give instructions, information, news, etc., to: Cue him in on the plans for the dance.
[ 1545-55; spelled name of the letter q as an abbreviation (found in acting scripts) of L quando when ]
Syn. 1. signal. 3. sign, clue, key, tip, inkling.
cue 2
/kyooh/ , n. , v. , cued, cuing .
n.
1. a long, tapering rod, tipped with a soft leather pad, used to strike the ball in billiards, pool, etc.
2. a long, usually wooden stick with a concave head, used to propel the disks in shuffleboard.
3. a queue of hair.
4. a queue or file, as of persons awaiting their turn.
v.t.
5. to tie into a queue.
6. to strike with a cue.
[ 1725-35; queue tail, OF coue coda, earlier cauda tail; cf. COWARD, QUEUE ]
cue 3
/kyooh/ , n.
the letter Q, q.
[ 1400-50; late ME cu; conventional adaptation in spelling of the letter name ]